It is
probable that the infant was not at full term. Among the points
which the author has noticed in his description are that the
fontanelle was double its usual size; that the orbits were
somewhat deformed; that the two halves of the lower jaw were
already united; and that the ribs were short and badly formed. He
also, of course, draws attention to the shortness of the limbs,
the stoutness of the long bones, and the supernumerary digits. I
find no statement that the skeleton was deposited in any museum,
but it is very possible that it is still in existence in
Amsterdam, and if so it is very desirable that it should be more
exactly described,"
In Figure 126, A represents division of thumb after Guyot-Daubes,
shows a typical case of supernumerary fingers, and C pictures
Morand's case of duplication of several toes.
Forster gives a sketch of a hand with nine fingers and a foot
with nine toes. Voight records an instance of 13 fingers on each
hand and 12 toes on each foot. Saviard saw an infant at the
Hotel-Dieu in Paris in 1687 which had 40 digits, ten on each
member. Annandale relates the history of a woman who had six
fingers and two thumbs on each hand, and another who had eight
toes on one foot.
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